Individual essays discuss Byzantine conceptions of paradise, the textual evidence for monastic horticulture, animal and game parks, herbs in medicinal pharmacy, and the famous illustrated copy of Dioskorides's herbal manual in Vienna. An opening chapter explores questions and observations from the point of view of a non-Byzantine garden historian, and the closing chapter suggests possible directions for future scholarship in the field.

Henry Maguire is a former Director of Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks and Professor of Art History at Johns Hopkins University

Read More by Henry Maguire:

• Byzantium, A World Civilization
• Byzantine Magic
• Byzantine Court Culture from 829 to 1204
• Interpreting Late Antiquity: Essays on the Postclassical World
• Material Analysis of Byzantine Pottery
• Dumbarton Oaks Papers 63

Read More by Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn:

• The Vernacular Garden
• John Evelyn's "Elysium Britannicum" and European Gardening
• Places of Commemoration: Search for Identity and Landscape Design
• American Garden Literature in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection (1785-1900): From the New England Farmer to Italian Gardens, An Annotated Bibliography
• Nature and Ideology: Nature and Garden Design in the Twentieth Century